Flight attendant: Other airlines OK with tattoos

10:41 PM,
Feb. 21, 2013

Christopher Brooks shows off his tattoos that are easily hidden underneath a long sleeve shirt.

Written by

Jeff Swiatek
jeff.swiatek@indystar.com

Chris Brooks can't understand why Indianapolis-based Republic Airways denied him a job interview last year to be a flight attendant because of his forearm tattoos.

After all, he says, he worked for a year as a flight attendant at another airline, and he has a pending job offer to be a flight attendant for yet another airline.

Brooks, 28, a Pensacola resident, is pursing a civil rights complaint against Republic over its refusal to interview him. He was told Wednesday that the Indiana Civil Rights Commission found probable cause that Republic discriminated against him, allowing his ...